Sheet-metal fastener



.Fan. 16, 1923.

1,442,447 S. RUSKIN.

SHEET METAL FASTENER.

FILED JULY 24. 1920.

Patented l on. 1%, 1923.

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'20 F. H. NOBLE & COMPANY, OF

ILLINOIS.

SHEET-METAL Application filed July 24,

To all 0.0/1.0271- it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIDMAN Rnsmu, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sheet-Metal Fasteners,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sheet metal fasteners intended to serve as ameans for term porariiy attaching together and holding i a group anumber of separate loose sheets of paper, or similar articles. Theobject of my invention is to provide a simple, serviceable article ofthis kind which may be cheaply manufactured, having an attractiveappearance and with its engaging member so formed and constructed as tofacilitate its a plication to a group of papers, and which will hold thepapers securely and be higl'ily desirable and useful for the purposesfor which it was designe l. My invention resides in the particular formand construc tion of the parts of the fastener, and more particularly inthe arcuate flared shape of the end of its tongue portion, ashereinafter described and as more particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

in the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 a front or face view of myimproved fastener; Fig. is asection the same on the line 22 of Fig. 1;and Fig. 3 is a rear view of the fastener, showingin dotted lines theposition in which the edge of a group of papers is presented to thetongue member in applying the fastener to them.

My novel fastener or paper clip is formed of sheet metal possessing aconsiderable degree of inherent elasticity such as sheet brass, andcomprises a flat front or body portion .i, which may coin'eniently be ofthe oral shape illustrated. and which forms a field which may he stampedin has relief with a design or emblem of any desired and snitahlccharacter, such as a trade mark 1920. Serial No. 398,796.

or advertising device or emblem, and which may he colored by theapplication of enamel, or plated, or otherwise decorated as desired.Connected to the top edge of the portion A is an integral tongue B whichis folded from an open loop of the portion A, and the end C of which isflared outwardly from an arouate bead D near the end of the tonguecontacting the contiguous rear surface of the part A near its loweredge. The curved and flared shape of the end of the tongue is thecharacteristic and essential feature of my invention, and renders itvery easy to apply the clip to a group of papers when the edge of thegroup is applied to an intern'iediate point in the curve, as indicatedby the dotted line E in Figure 3-thus en abling a coniparatively stiffclip to be applied to a comparatively thin bundle of sheets withouttearing them. My improved fastener is therefore particularly secure andserviccahle, as well as highly'attractive and desirable as anadvertising novelty.

l claim I l. is an article of manufacture, a fastener formed of elasticsheet metal and comprising a flat front portion and backwardly foldedintegral engagii'ig tongue, the end of said tongue being outwardlyflared along an arc uate path.

2. an article manufacture, a fastener formed of elastic sheet metal andcom prising a relatively broad flat front portion and a backwardlyfolded integral tongue connected with a said front portion by an openloop, the end of said tongue being outwardly flared along an arcuatepath.

3. As an article of manufacture, a fastener formed of elastic sheetmetal and com prising a front portion and a backwardly folded integralengaging t0ngue,said tongue being formed adjacent its end with a t'ansverse arcuate bead and its end flared outwardly from said head.

SIDMAN RUSKIN.

